Planning application
Former Oakenrod Primary School , Bury Road , Rochdale , OL11 4EE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Section 73 application to vary planning permission 22/01068/FUL to allow alterations to the approved layout, levels, drainage strategy, parking provision and house types, including the reduction in dwelling numbers from 52 to 46, provision of 100% affordable housing, and associated landscaping and infrastructure works.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/0746
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/0746
- Type
- Removal/variation of conditions
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 18 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Bamford
- Parish
- Rochdale South Township
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OL11 4EE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2026
Received by Rochdale
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Rochdale took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with Rochdale for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Redbrook House, Sunderland & Wild, Bury Road, Rochdale, OL11 4EE
Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (materials) on planning permission 25/00070/FUL
Granted Conditions 2 docs -
Domestic
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1 Oakenrod Villas Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EE
Application for certificate of lawfulness for the erection of detached garage
Granted Lawful development 7 docs -
Oakenrod House 269 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EE
Conversion of offices and store room to additional bedrooms to increase from a 13 bed to a 15 bed HMO, together with insertion of new door to west elevation, change to existing structural opening in south elevation and formation of a new external ramp - part retrospective
Refused Full applications 7 docs -
Oakenrod House 269 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EE
Conversion of offices and store room to additional bedrooms to increase from a 13 bed to a 14 bed HMO, together with insertion of new door to west elevation, change to existing structural opening in south elevation and formation of a new external ramp - part retrospective - Resubmission of 19/00179/FUL
Granted Full applications 10 docs -
336 Bury Road Rochdale OL11 4EB
Change of use from retail to residential (Class C3)
Granted Full applications 11 docs
Other amendments applications
In Rochdale
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OTH/2026/0745 Awaiting decision
Land At Don Street, Middleton, M24 2GG
Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/00070/VRCON for the change of house types to plots 108-112 from Hickory to Cedar
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PL/2026/0637 Awaiting decision
Site of Dexine Rubber Co Ltd, Spotland Road, Rochdale, OL12 0AU
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (Plans) of planning permission 20/01193/FUL to regularise the boundary treatment as built on site
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OTH/2026/0593 Granted
37 BRIDGE NORTH DRIVE, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 0ES
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission 25/00904/HOUS to revise facing material (grey cladding introduced and window amendment to bedroom one
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PL/2026/0535 Granted
MCCORMICK EUROPE LTD, WHITELEES ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8DU
Application to vary condition 2 (Plans) of planning permission 25/00897/FUL
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25/00087/VRCON Refused
Land Off Fielding Street Middleton Rochdale M24 6BG
Section 73 application to remove condition 9 (unadopted road maintenance arrangements) of planning permission 21/01628/REM